How to check the result of a script with monit?

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Is there a way to check the result of a script with monit?

For example if a script returns 0 it is ok, but 1 means failed.

My workaround is to call the script with cron and write the result to a file and check the file with monit.

But I am sure monit can do it more elegantly?

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